carnivorous
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prettygoodwordcarnivorous (kahr-NIV-er-uhs) - adj., eating meat; of or relating to the carnivores (a family of mammals); predatory, rapacious.
Adopted by Browne in the 1640s from Latin carnivorus, from carō, flesh + vorāre, to consume.
---L.
Adopted by Browne in the 1640s from Latin carnivorus, from carō, flesh + vorāre, to consume.
---L.
